Comparison of scars and resulting hypoaesthesia between the medial parapatellar and midline skin incisions in total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-378

  Sundaram, R O ^a   Ramakrishnan, M ^a   Harvey, R A ^a   Parkinson, R W ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoaesthesia; Scar; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANCHESTER SCAR PROFORMA SCORE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 34548384671     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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